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Sony Music

True Crime, History, Society & Culture, Documentary

4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

The pill plotters fly to London and secretly obtain a dose of RU486. They break British and American laws as they travel back to New York City with the medication—which is immediately taken into custody by U.S. Customs. The stunt makes headlines all over the country. Will Leona be able to get the pills in time? Will the ban stand? Her fate is in the hands of the courts, and one very particular justice. Unlock all episodes of Cover Up: The Pill Plot, ad-free, right now by subscribing to The Binge. Plus, get binge access to brand new stories dropping on the first of every month — that’s all episodes, all at once, all ad-free. Just click ‘Subscribe’ on the top of the Cover Up: The Pill Plot show page on Apple Podcasts or visit GetTheBinge.com to get access wherever you get your podcasts. A Sony Music Entertainment production. Find out more about The Binge and other podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts. You can follow the show’s host on Twitter @TJRaphael Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Bench.
0:02.0	The Bench.
0:09.0	Previously, on cover up the pill plot. This is a big choice to make and you got to make it quick.
0:14.5	We got to get your tickets, we got to get your passport. I mean it really was a rush job.
0:19.9	The plan put him and the person he was going to be traveling with at risk of
0:24.8	getting arrested and jailed.
0:28.6	The Supreme Court ended its term today with its long-awaited abortion ruling.
0:34.0	The justices upheld Pennsylvania's restrictive abortion law.
0:38.0	Just afternoon, on June 29, 1982, the very day that Larry and Leona are set to fly to London, some news
0:46.8	comes in from Washington.
0:48.9	It's the Planned Parenthood v. Casey decision, and it's about to make abortion access that much harder.
1:00.0	The case upholds row but by a set of The justice's rule that states are free to introduce all kinds of new regulations to restrict abortion access.
1:15.0	Justice Anthony Kennedy explains restrictions are constitutional.
1:20.0	So long as it does not place a substantial obstacle in the path of a woman's choice,
1:24.4	throughout the woman's pregnancy the state may enact measures designed to persuade the woman to choose
1:28.3	childbirth over abortion.
1:30.9	This is a massive blow to reproductive access.
1:35.0	In the years that follow, states introduce long waiting periods for patients seeking an abortion,
1:42.0	rules about hallway sizes at clinics, and hospital admitting privileges.
1:47.0	Things that aren't designed to make abortion illegal, just a lot harder to access.
1:55.0	With Casey, the abortion pill isn't just good to have.
2:00.3	It's absolutely critical. Leona and Larry have to come through.
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